Angela Griffin
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Angela Griffin is a British
actress and television presenter.
s Emmerdale
and most famously in Coronation Street
as Fiona Middleton from 1993 to 1998. Subsequently she joined the original cast of the BBC
medical drama series Holby City
as Staff Nurse Jasmine Hopkins, but left at the end of the third series in 2001 because the next series would be longer. She has also appeared in the BBC dramas Cutting It
and Down to Earth
.
In October 2001, Griffin presented a programme on the UK's Channel 4 on the subject of mixed race people in British society. The show included interviews with a large number of well-known British mixed-race people such as Bruce Oldfield
and Hanif Kureishi
, as well as political figures such as Tony Benn
.
From 2006 to 2010, she appeared as Kim Campbell, a teacher alongside former Cutting It co-star Jason Merrells
in the BBC
school
drama
series Waterloo Road
. She took a break during the third series in late 2007/early 2008, but returned to the role for the fourth series in 2009. However, she left once again at the end of the fifth series to concentrate on her new daytime show on Sky1.
Griffin had her own live daytime show on Sky1 called Angela and Friends
, a mix of news, health, celebrity gossip, which ran from November 2009 to July 2010. She was joined by her best friends Lisa Faulkner and Nicola Stephenson. She presented The Midweek National Lottery in 1999 and also took part in the BBC's millennium programme on New Year's Eve. She also did the pilot for the show Dishes on Channel 4, but decided against presenting it once it had been commissioned. The job was then taken on by Kate Thornton
. Griffin also provides the voice of Amy, the vet in children's television show Postman Pat
. On 27 March 2007, Griffin appeared on the daytime cooking show Daily Cooks Challenge, in which she revealed among some of her favourite dishes were banana fritters
, and lobster
noodles.
In March 2008, Griffin appeared on the weeklong daytime reality show Murder Most Famous, where with five other celebrities she began to write a crime novel, coached by crime writer Minette Walters
, the end prize being, having winning celebrities' work of fiction published. It was won by actress Sherrie Hewson
.
In January 2010, Angela co-presented Sky 1's coverage of the Golden Globes red carpet alongside Gethin Jones
and a year later on the BBC show Hustle.
She is currently appearing in the Sky TV comedy drama Mount Pleasant.
United Kingdom
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actress and television presenter.
Acting career
She appeared in the popular long-running British soap operaSoap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
s Emmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
and most famously in Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
as Fiona Middleton from 1993 to 1998. Subsequently she joined the original cast of the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
medical drama series Holby City
Holby City
Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
as Staff Nurse Jasmine Hopkins, but left at the end of the third series in 2001 because the next series would be longer. She has also appeared in the BBC dramas Cutting It
Cutting It
Cutting It was a popular BBC television programme set in Manchester, England, which ran for four series between 2002 and 2005.- Series 1 :...
and Down to Earth
Down to Earth (UK TV series)
Down to Earth was a BBC One television series first broadcast in 2000 about a couple who start a new life on a Devon farm. The early episodes of the series were based on a series of books written by Faith Addis about their real-life move from London to Devon.The music in the series was composed by...
.
In October 2001, Griffin presented a programme on the UK's Channel 4 on the subject of mixed race people in British society. The show included interviews with a large number of well-known British mixed-race people such as Bruce Oldfield
Bruce Oldfield
Bruce Oldfield OBE is a British fashion designer, best known for his couture occasionwear. He dresses Hollywood actresses, British and International royalty and European aristocracy; famous clients have included Sienna Miller, Barbra Streisand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diana Ross, Emmanuelle...
and Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi
Hanif Kureishi CBE is an English playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer. The themes of his work have touched on topics of race, nationalism, immigration, and sexuality...
, as well as political figures such as Tony Benn
Tony Benn
Anthony Neil Wedgwood "Tony" Benn, PC is a British Labour Party politician and a former MP and Cabinet Minister.His successful campaign to renounce his hereditary peerage was instrumental in the creation of the Peerage Act 1963...
.
From 2006 to 2010, she appeared as Kim Campbell, a teacher alongside former Cutting It co-star Jason Merrells
Jason Merrells
Jason Merrells is an English actor, who received his big break when he starred in Casualty for three years as receptionist Matt Hawley...
in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
school
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
series Waterloo Road
Waterloo Road (TV series)
Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...
. She took a break during the third series in late 2007/early 2008, but returned to the role for the fourth series in 2009. However, she left once again at the end of the fifth series to concentrate on her new daytime show on Sky1.
Griffin had her own live daytime show on Sky1 called Angela and Friends
Angela and Friends
Angela and Friends was a British talk show which was produced by Crackit Productions for Sky1.The show aired at 12pm, Monday to Friday, and was presented by actress Angela Griffin, who was joined by three "friends" in each show to discuss the latest news, celebrity gossip as well as other topical...
, a mix of news, health, celebrity gossip, which ran from November 2009 to July 2010. She was joined by her best friends Lisa Faulkner and Nicola Stephenson. She presented The Midweek National Lottery in 1999 and also took part in the BBC's millennium programme on New Year's Eve. She also did the pilot for the show Dishes on Channel 4, but decided against presenting it once it had been commissioned. The job was then taken on by Kate Thornton
Kate Thornton
Kate Thornton is an English journalist and television presenter. Early in her career, she was notable for her articles at the Daily Mirror and for her role as editor of Smash Hits magazine...
. Griffin also provides the voice of Amy, the vet in children's television show Postman Pat
Postman Pat
Postman Pat is a British stop-motion animated children's television series first produced by Woodland Animations. It is aimed at pre-school children, and concerns the adventures of Pat Clifton, a postman in the fictional village of Greendale .Postman Pat's first 13-episode season was screened on...
. On 27 March 2007, Griffin appeared on the daytime cooking show Daily Cooks Challenge, in which she revealed among some of her favourite dishes were banana fritters
Fritter
A fritter is any kind of food coated in batter and deep fried. Although very similar to a doughnut it differs in the fact that it requires some base ingredient beyond the dough it is cooked with.-Anglo-American fritters:...
, and lobster
Lobster
Clawed lobsters comprise a family of large marine crustaceans. Highly prized as seafood, lobsters are economically important, and are often one of the most profitable commodities in coastal areas they populate.Though several groups of crustaceans are known as lobsters, the clawed lobsters are most...
noodles.
In March 2008, Griffin appeared on the weeklong daytime reality show Murder Most Famous, where with five other celebrities she began to write a crime novel, coached by crime writer Minette Walters
Minette Walters
Minette Walters is an English crime writer.- Life and work :After her birth in Bishop’s Stortford to a serving army officer, Capt Samuel Jebb and his wife Colleen, the first 10 years of Minette’s life were spent moving between army bases in the north and south of England...
, the end prize being, having winning celebrities' work of fiction published. It was won by actress Sherrie Hewson
Sherrie Hewson
Sherrie Lynn Hutchinson is an English actor, broadcaster and novelist.-Early life:Born in Nottinghamshire, Hewson was brought up in a showbusiness family; her father was a singer and her mother a model. She began performing at the age of six, touring the UK's theatres in revues with her own...
.
In January 2010, Angela co-presented Sky 1's coverage of the Golden Globes red carpet alongside Gethin Jones
Gethin Jones
Gethin Clifford Jones is a Welsh television presenter who has co-presented the BBC children's programme Blue Peter....
and a year later on the BBC show Hustle.
She is currently appearing in the Sky TV comedy drama Mount Pleasant.
Filmography
- EmmerdaleEmmerdaleEmmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
(TV) (1992) as Tina - Coronation StreetCoronation StreetCoronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
(1993–1998) as Fiona Middleton - Holby CityHolby CityHolby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
(TV) (1999–2001) as Jasmine Hopkins - Waking the DeadWaking the Dead (TV series)Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series...
(TV) (2001) as Marina Coleman - BabyfatherBabyfatherBabyfather is a BBC Two television programme which aired in the UK in 2001 and 2002. The show has been described as a "black, male, UK version of Sex and the City". It ran for two series, and was based on a novel written by Patrick Augustus. The writers of the screenplay include Avril E...
(TV) (2001–2002) as Chantelle - Down to EarthDown to Earth (UK TV series)Down to Earth was a BBC One television series first broadcast in 2000 about a couple who start a new life on a Devon farm. The early episodes of the series were based on a series of books written by Faith Addis about their real-life move from London to Devon.The music in the series was composed by...
(TV) (2003–2004) as Frankie Brewer - Cutting ItCutting ItCutting It was a popular BBC television programme set in Manchester, England, which ran for four series between 2002 and 2005.- Series 1 :...
(TV) (2002–2005) as Darcey Henshall - Waterloo RoadWaterloo Road (TV series)Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...
(TV) (2006-2010 ex. 2008) as Kim Campbell - Postman PatPostman PatPostman Pat is a British stop-motion animated children's television series first produced by Woodland Animations. It is aimed at pre-school children, and concerns the adventures of Pat Clifton, a postman in the fictional village of Greendale .Postman Pat's first 13-episode season was screened on...
(TV) (2006) as Amy the Vet (voice) - Boy Meets GirlBoy Meets Girl (TV series)Boy Meets Girl is an ITV comedy-drama television mini-series starring Rachael Stirling and Martin Freeman. In the show, Danny Reed is struck by lightning. When he wakes up from the attack, he is inside the body of a woman, fashion journalist Veronica Burton...
(TV) (2009) as Fiona - HustleHustle (TV series)Hustle is a British television drama series made by Kudos Film and Television for BBC One in the United Kingdom. Created by Tony Jordan and first broadcast in 2004, the series follows a group of con artists who specialise in "long cons" – extended deceptions which require greater commitment, but...
(TV) (2011) as Georgina Althorp - Mount Pleasant (TV) (2011)